Well, I wish I could share a photo of me gleefully twirling around my Halloween-ed out front porch – but we decided it was time to redo the steps, which led to a redo of the porch, which led to a total demolish of the whole darn thing. […]
I am on such a pickle kick. Mostly due to our friends being WAY into pickling, which we get to reap the benefits from. Yay, us! I am also on a cookbook kick. This is because I bought a new hutch to house my cookbooks, and wouldn’t you […]
I love, love, LOVE being inspired to try new dishes at home after experiencing them out in the wild at a restaurant. We recently went to one of my favorites – Parachute in Chicago – and ordered the pork tonkatsu (traditionally a Japanese dish), which just blew me […]
Happy September everybody! As per usual I’m in negotiations with the hubs on when the Halloween decor goes up. Keep in mind I’ll be in Europe for a week in October, so I feel like that gives me runway to get ‘er up a little early this year […]
Well happy Friday and happy birthday to ME! Ha! There is really no more fitting post for my b-day then a leveled-up pecan pie. It’s my favorite dessert and once I ate en entire pie by myself over just three days. Proud Annie moment. When my pal Donna […]
Well, I’d be silly not to start off this post with my husband’s quote on this recipe that goes a little something like this – “this is the best mac & cheese EVER.” Not super poetic, but I think it gets the message across that this is pretty […]
I rarely post side dishes because I’m usually bee-lining it to the big TA-DA of the meal (i.e. the meatloaf, the steak, the taco, etc). But when I made this zippy carrot salad to accompany the chicken shawarma pitas we grilled up recently – I was INTO IT. […]